Am I looking at jail time for second offense driving while license suspended in Allegan County Michigan

Every driving offense for DWLS is considered a second or subsequent offense after you have been convicted of Driving While License Suspended first offense. Depending upon the judge, and any other criminal or driving record you might have you could be sentenced to jail. I would recommend that you contact an experienced criminal defense attorney in your area to discuss the possible outcomes you face.

In Allegan County jail is certainly possible on a DWLS case. If you go in without a lawyer, you want to try to work out an agreement where there is a sentencing agreement for no jail. With regard to the larger issue though, your goal here should be two fold. First to avoid what we call a abstractable misdemeanor offense, and second to get a hearing on reobtaining your driving privileges. To do those things the right way, you are realistically going to need counsel. If you plea to DWLS straight up, then you will be given a mandatory additional one year license suspension, which in turn will make it impossible for you to even request a hearing on your license issues with the secretary of state for at least another calendar year. If you plea to a non-abstractable crime (MCL 257.326 is a commonly used non-abstractable misdemeanor), then you avoid that one year delay. If you want to look into the requirements of getting your license back, go here: https://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1627_8665_9074-29685--,00.html At the bottom of that webpage are official documents necessary to get the process started. Long and short is that if you are going to navigate these waters efficiently, it's probably lawyer time. Best of Luck.