Introduction
1903-1910 : Sanitary Board.
1921 : Town Board (under Town Board Enactment 1911).
06 March 1952 : Maharani Town Council (under the Local Authorities Ordinance 1973).
01 August 1976 : South Muar District Council (under the Local Government Act, temporary provisions 1973).
01 January 2001 : Muar Municipal Council.
14 April 2001 : The Muar Municipal Council was declared open by the Chief Minister of Johor.
The proclamation of the Muar Municipal Council was completed by the YAB Menteri Besar of Johor on 14 April 2001. The Muar Municipal Council, which was once known as the South Muar District Council (under the Local Government Act, temporary provisions 1973), encompasses 17 mukims which are currently occupied by nearly 357,148 people of various ethnicities.