diff --git a/src/rights_filter/server/sqlite_store.py b/src/rights_filter/server/sqlite_store.py
index fdf21de..b2d4090 100644
--- a/src/rights_filter/server/sqlite_store.py
+++ b/src/rights_filter/server/sqlite_store.py
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ from rights_filter.integrations.env_clients import ProviderRuntime, build_provid
 from rights_filter.integrations.external_policy import ExternalApiPolicy
 from rights_filter.jobs.batch_analyzer import BatchAnalyzer, SubmissionImage
 from rights_filter.server.image_store import LocalSubmissionImageStore, SUPPORTED_IMAGE_SUFFIXES
+from rights_filter.server.store_url_utils import (
+    _decoded_nested_url,
+    _is_http_url,
+    _url_has_image_format_hint,
+    _url_looks_like_image,
+    _url_path_has_image_suffix,
+)
 
 
 EVIDENCE_OPERATOR_STATUSES = {
@@ -4947,44 +4954,6 @@ def _decoded_url_reference(value: str) -> str:
     return raw
 
 
-def _decoded_nested_url(value: str) -> str:
-    candidate = str(value).strip()
-    for _ in range(3):
-        decoded = unquote(candidate).strip()
-        if decoded == candidate:
-            break
-        candidate = decoded
-    return candidate
-
-
-def _is_http_url(url: str) -> bool:
-    parsed = urlparse(url)
-    return parsed.scheme in {"http", "https"} and bool(parsed.netloc)
-
-
-def _url_path_has_image_suffix(url: str) -> bool:
-    return Path(urlparse(url).path).suffix.lower() in SUPPORTED_IMAGE_SUFFIXES
-
-
-def _url_has_image_format_hint(url: str) -> bool:
-    image_formats = {suffix.lstrip(".") for suffix in SUPPORTED_IMAGE_SUFFIXES}
-    image_format_keys = {"format", "fm", "ext", "extension", "mime", "output", "type"}
-    for key, hint in parse_qsl(urlparse(url).query, keep_blank_values=False):
-        if key.lower().replace("-", "_") not in image_format_keys:
-            continue
-        normalized = hint.lower().split(";", 1)[0].strip().lstrip(".")
-        if normalized.startswith("image/"):
-            normalized = normalized.split("/", 1)[1]
-        normalized = normalized.split("+", 1)[0]
-        if normalized in image_formats:
-            return True
-    return False
-
-
-def _url_looks_like_image(url: str) -> bool:
-    return _url_path_has_image_suffix(url) or _url_has_image_format_hint(url)
-
-
 def _submission_payload(
     record: dict[str, Any],
     score: int,
diff --git a/src/rights_filter/server/store_url_utils.py b/src/rights_filter/server/store_url_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c020876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rights_filter/server/store_url_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+"""URL helpers used by the SQLite store's evidence/image handling.
+
+Extracted from sqlite_store.py to keep that module focused. Behavior is
+unchanged. Note these intentionally treat the local-submission suffix set
+(SUPPORTED_IMAGE_SUFFIXES, which includes .svg) as image-like; the integration
+adapters keep their own stricter suffix policy for external results.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.parse import parse_qsl, unquote, urlparse
+
+from rights_filter.server.image_store import SUPPORTED_IMAGE_SUFFIXES
+
+
+def _decoded_nested_url(value: str) -> str:
+    candidate = str(value).strip()
+    for _ in range(3):
+        decoded = unquote(candidate).strip()
+        if decoded == candidate:
+            break
+        candidate = decoded
+    return candidate
+
+
+def _is_http_url(url: str) -> bool:
+    parsed = urlparse(url)
+    return parsed.scheme in {"http", "https"} and bool(parsed.netloc)
+
+
+def _url_path_has_image_suffix(url: str) -> bool:
+    return Path(urlparse(url).path).suffix.lower() in SUPPORTED_IMAGE_SUFFIXES
+
+
+def _url_has_image_format_hint(url: str) -> bool:
+    image_formats = {suffix.lstrip(".") for suffix in SUPPORTED_IMAGE_SUFFIXES}
+    image_format_keys = {"format", "fm", "ext", "extension", "mime", "output", "type"}
+    for key, hint in parse_qsl(urlparse(url).query, keep_blank_values=False):
+        if key.lower().replace("-", "_") not in image_format_keys:
+            continue
+        normalized = hint.lower().split(";", 1)[0].strip().lstrip(".")
+        if normalized.startswith("image/"):
+            normalized = normalized.split("/", 1)[1]
+        normalized = normalized.split("+", 1)[0]
+        if normalized in image_formats:
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def _url_looks_like_image(url: str) -> bool:
+    return _url_path_has_image_suffix(url) or _url_has_image_format_hint(url)