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Michigan Legal Resource Library · Courts and resources

Sobriety and DWI Courts in West Michigan

Last reviewed against current Michigan law ·24 sources cited

Key points

  • The State Court Administrative Office's June 30, 2026 list shows DWI sobriety or hybrid courts in Barry, Allegan, Ottawa, Muskegon, Kent and Ionia counties.[1]
  • Not every court has one: Kent's 17th Circuit, 59th and 62-A District Courts, Montcalm's 64B and Newaygo's 78th District Courts are not listed.[1]
  • The State Court Administrative Office describes drug courts, the family that includes sobriety courts, as post-adjudication, court-supervised treatment programs, not diversion programs.[2]
  • An OWI cannot be dismissed on completion of a treatment court, and for a traffic offense the court must enter a judgment of guilt at admission.[3]
  • No one has a right to be admitted; each treatment court decides admission.[4]

A sobriety court, also called a DWI court, is a court-supervised treatment program for people convicted of drunk driving. In Michigan, sobriety courts accept OWI cases only, adult drug courts accept non-OWI cases, and hybrid programs accept both.[2] This page is a West Michigan directory built from the State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) list of drug and sobriety courts, updated June 30, 2026, with details from each court's own website where one exists.[1] The statewide rules are covered in Sobriety court.

What the law requires of these courts

  • Every DWI/sobriety court must follow the National Center for DWI Courts' 10 guiding principles and must be certified by SCAO before performing any sobriety-court function.[5]
  • Since January 1, 2018, an uncertified court may not certify to the Secretary of State that a person is eligible for an interlock restricted license.[6]
  • Treatment courts must provide close monitoring, periodic and random alcohol and drug testing, graduated rewards and sanctions (which may include jail), and treatment.[7]
  • No one has a right to be admitted; each court decides.[4]
  • A charged person admitted must plead guilty on the record, sign written waivers and a participation agreement, and may withdraw the plea if not admitted after doing so.[8]
  • No one may be admitted under an agreement that would dismiss a traffic offense, including OWI, on completion.[3]

SCAO's annual report states that drug courts "are not diversion programs" and describes them as post-adjudication, court-supervised treatment programs.[2]

West Michigan directory

CourtCountyProgram type on the SCAO listPhone on the SCAO list
56B District CourtBarryDWI sobriety court (Hastings)(269) 945-1404[1]
5th Circuit CourtBarryHybrid DWI/drug court (Hastings)(269) 945-1286[1]
57th District CourtAlleganDWI sobriety court (Allegan)(269) 673-0400[1]
58th District CourtOttawaDWI sobriety court (Holland)(616) 392-6991[1]
20th Circuit CourtOttawaHybrid DWI/drug court (Grand Haven)(616) 846-8320[1]
60th District CourtMuskegonDWI sobriety court (Muskegon)(231) 724-6283[1]
14th Circuit CourtMuskegonHybrid DWI/drug court (Muskegon)(231) 724-6251[1]
61st District CourtKentHybrid DWI/drug court (Grand Rapids)(616) 632-5700[1]
62B District CourtKentHybrid DWI/drug court (Kentwood)(616) 698-9310[1]
63rd District CourtKentDWI sobriety court (Grand Rapids)(616) 632-7770[1]
64A District CourtIoniaHybrid DWI/drug court (Ionia)(616) 527-5344[1]

The SCAO list gives one phone number per program, which is not always the number a court's own page gives for its program; Muskegon County, for example, gives 231-724-6294 for sobriety court information.[1][9] The same list shows no sobriety or hybrid court at Kent's 17th Circuit, the 59th or 62A District Courts, Montcalm's 64B District Court or Newaygo's 78th District Court, and lists the 8th (Ionia), 27th (Newaygo) and 48th (Allegan) Circuit Courts only with adult drug courts.[1] Kent's 17th Circuit Treatment and Support Court (TASC) is a felony mental-health court, not a sobriety court.[10] Addresses for all of these courts are in West Michigan courts that hear OWI cases.

Local program details

Kent County: West Michigan Regional Sobriety Court (62-B)

Run by the 62-B District Court in Kentwood since March 2015, the regional program serves defendants convicted as repeat drunk drivers in the 62-B, 62-A, 59th or 63rd District Courts, and Kent County residents outside the City of Grand Rapids convicted as repeat drunk drivers elsewhere in Michigan.[11] The court describes it as an intensive program of approximately 14 months at minimum, with random alcohol and drug testing up to 7 days a week, at least 60 days on a SCRAM alcohol tether paid by the participant, no driving for the first 60 to 90 days, and an ignition interlock installed before the Secretary of State will grant a restricted license.[11]

Kent County: 61st District Court (Grand Rapids)

The 61st District Court runs a Felony Sobriety Court for high-risk people charged with felony OWI third offense and a Misdemeanor Sobriety Court for high-risk repeat misdemeanor cases such as OWI second; its programs last 15 to 24 months, and the court says a referral starts with the defendant's attorney or the probation department.[12]

Muskegon County: 60th District Court

Muskegon's Sobriety Court is a voluntary 18-month, four-phase misdemeanor program for county residents 18 or older who plead guilty to an alcohol- or drug-related offense, primarily OWI second or third; information is available at 231-724-6294.[9]

Ionia County: 64-A District Court

The Ionia Treatment and Sobriety Court (ITASC) serves people convicted of a misdemeanor or felony drunk-driving offense; its coordinator is at (616) 527-5396, and transfers in or out require a memorandum of understanding completed before sentencing.[13]

Barry County

Barry County's Adult Specialty Courts include the 56-B District Sobriety Court, a Felony Adult Drug Court and a Swift and Sure Sanctions Probation Program, at 206 W. Court St., Suite 104, Hastings, (269) 945-1433.[14]

Ottawa and Allegan counties

Ottawa's 58th District Court Probation runs a Sobriety Treatment Program, and the 20th Circuit's Ottawa County Recovery Court accepts county residents convicted of non-violent drug- or alcohol-related felonies and takes at least 18 months to complete.[15] SCAO lists a DWI sobriety court at Allegan's 57th District Court, but the court's own pages did not describe a program when checked.[16] The county pages read for this guide do not give eligibility rules or a contact for the Ottawa sobriety program or the Allegan program, so the court itself is the place to ask.

Jail, driving and vehicles

For OWI second within 7 years and OWI third, a jail or prison term must not be suspended unless the defendant agrees to take part in a specialty court program and successfully completes it.[17] The Secretary of State may issue the specialty court restricted license only after 45 days of suspension or revocation and the judge's certification of admission and interlock installation.[18] A participant admitted to the specialty court interlock program can be exempt from vehicle immobilization and forfeiture that would otherwise apply, if the statute's conditions are met.[19] Removal from the program, driving without an interlock or a new OWI charge must be reported by the judge to the Secretary of State and brings revocation or suspension of that license.[20] See The sobriety court restricted license and Ignition interlock.

If participation ends without completion, the court sentences the person on the original charges.[21] Participants must pay court-ordered fines, costs, program fees and restitution and contribute to treatment and testing costs, although the court may waive some of them for substantial hardship.[22] Penalties are in Second-offense OWI penalties and Third-offense felony OWI; treatment resources are in Getting help for alcohol or drug use.

Common questions

Does my West Michigan court have a sobriety court?

The SCAO list updated June 30, 2026 shows DWI sobriety courts at the 56B, 57th, 58th, 60th and 63rd District Courts, and hybrid DWI/drug courts at the 61st, 62B and 64A District Courts and the 5th, 14th and 20th Circuit Courts.[1] It shows none at the 17th Circuit, the 59th, 62A, 64B or 78th District Courts.[1]

Can sobriety court get my OWI dismissed?

No. A person may not be admitted to or remain in a drug treatment court under an agreement that would dismiss a traffic offense on completion, and for a traffic offense the court must enter a judgment of guilt at admission.[3] SCAO describes these courts as post-adjudication programs, not diversion.[2]

I live in Kent County outside Grand Rapids. Which program serves me?

The West Michigan Regional Sobriety Court Program at the 62-B District Court in Kentwood serves repeat drunk-driving defendants convicted in the 62-B, 62-A, 59th or 63rd District Courts, and Kent County residents outside the City of Grand Rapids convicted as repeat drunk drivers elsewhere in Michigan.[11]

Can I drive while I am in sobriety court?

Possibly, on a restricted license with an ignition interlock. The Secretary of State may issue the program's restricted license only after 45 days of suspension or revocation and the judge's certification that the person was admitted and an interlock is installed on every vehicle the person owns or operates.[18] The regional program at 62-B bars driving for the first 60 to 90 days.[11]

Do sobriety courts work?

SCAO reports that in fiscal year 2025, 86% of participants discharged from sobriety courts graduated, the highest rate of any program type.[23] It also reports that sobriety court graduates were more than five times less likely than matched comparison members to be convicted of a new offense within three years of admission.[24] Those figures cover graduates, not every participant.[24]

Sources

  1. SCAO, "Drug and Sobriety Courts" list (Updated 6/30/26) — Michigan Courts
  2. SCAO, *FY 2025 Problem-Solving Courts Legislative Update*, p. 8 — Michigan Courts
  3. MCL 600.1068(3); MCL 600.1070(1)(b)(ii); MCL 600.1076(4)(d) — Michigan Legislature
  4. MCL 600.1064(1); MCL 600.1060(g) — Michigan Legislature
  5. MCL 600.1084(2)-(3) — Michigan Legislature
  6. MCL 600.1062(5) — Michigan Legislature
  7. MCL 600.1072(1)-(2) — Michigan Legislature
  8. MCL 600.1068(1), (5) — Michigan Legislature
  9. Muskegon County, 60th District Court — Problem Solving Courts — co.muskegon.mi.us
  10. Kent County, Treatment & Support Court (TASC) — kentcountymi.gov
  11. City of Kentwood, 62-B District Court — Sobriety Court — kentwood.us
  12. 61st District Court, Problem-Solving Courts — grcourt.org
  13. Ionia County, 64-A District Court — Problem Solving Court Programs — ioniacounty.org
  14. Barry County, Adult Specialty Courts — barrycounty.org
  15. Ottawa County, 58th District Court Probation; 20th Circuit Recovery Court — miottawa.org
  16. SCAO, "Drug and Sobriety Courts" list; Allegan County, 57th District Court Probation — Michigan Courts
  17. MCL 257.625(9)(d); MCL 257.625(11)(d); MCL 257.625(7)(a)(iii) — Michigan Legislature
  18. MCL 257.304(2); MCL 600.1084(6) — Michigan Legislature
  19. MCL 257.304(11) — Michigan Legislature
  20. MCL 600.1084(7)-(8) — Michigan Legislature
  21. MCL 600.1076(8) — Michigan Legislature
  22. MCL 600.1074(1), (3) — Michigan Legislature
  23. SCAO, *FY 2025 PSC Legislative Update*, pp. 3, 13, 17 — Michigan Courts
  24. SCAO, *FY 2025 PSC Legislative Update*, pp. 4, 22, 24 — Michigan Courts

This page is general legal information about Michigan law, published by the office of Attorney Shawn Haff. It is not legal advice and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Laws change and every case turns on its own facts — check the sources linked above and talk to a licensed Michigan attorney about your situation. In an emergency, call 911. For confidential help with alcohol or drug use, the SAMHSA National Helpline is 1-800-662-4357.

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