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==Government==
[[File:Elizabeth City Court.jpg|thumb|right|Elizabeth City District Court]]
Elizabeth City serves as the [[county seat]] of Pasquotank County. The city has a [[
The mayor, elected by the whole voter body every two years, also serves an executive function, serving as the head of a council meeting and casting a tie-breaking vote for the council. As of 2016, the mayor is Betty Parker. Previous mayors include Joseph Peel, Charles L. Foster, who served from 2005 to 2007, and John Bell, who served from 1971 to 1981 and again from 2001 to 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/ECDB/lib01133,10E6B67DEC2BE068.html |title=Departing EC mayor proud of city's growth|author= Bob Montgomery |date=December 10, 2005 |work=[[Elizabeth City Daily Advance|Daily Advance]] |access-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref>
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Elizabeth City has an office for the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina]], headed by Terrence W. Boyle as the resident judge. This court presides over cases in the northern region of this district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nced.uscourts.gov/html/divoffElizabethCity.htm |title=Welcome to the Eastern District of North Carolina |access-date=2010-06-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531055431/http://www.nced.uscourts.gov/html/divOffElizabethCity.htm |archive-date=May 31, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
Elizabeth City also occupies [[North Carolina's
==U.S. Coast Guard==
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