The mediation council first came into being in 1943 when the then Ministries of Interior Affairs and Justice promulgated a statute governing the organization of mediation councils in villages and towns.
調解委員會的成立，最早是在民國卅二年，當時內政部、司法部（即今法務部）會同公佈了「鄉鎮調解委員會組織規程」，但在戰亂中未及推廣施行。