This appeal raises the novel issue of whether it is appropriate for a trial court to consider acquitted conduct to determine a registrant's Megan's Law tier designation. The court held the trial court properly considered acquitted conduct because of the non-punitive, civil nature of a Megan's Law proceeding, the public safety purpose underpinning the statute, and the less demanding standard utilized to make a tier designation. The court determined this situation was distinguishable from imposing an enhanced criminal sentence based on acquitted conduct, which our Supreme Court recently held to be improper. State v. Melvin, 248 N.J. 321, 352 (2021). This is because the trial court's utilization of acquitted conduct was not for the purpose of increasing the registrant's punishment, but for a legitimate public safety purpose consistent with In re Registrant C.A., 146 N.J. 71, 80 (1996). The court remanded, however, for the trial court to conduct a more comprehensive review of the record and to consider portions of the trial transcript and other documents identified by the registrant, which he contends rebuts the acquitted conduct relied upon by the court to increase his tier classification.