DonaldBecker
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I am aware they aren’t required to determine compliance with code. You are paying for an opinion by someone who may or may not know what they are doing. But every electrical violation you find has to deal with violations of NEC code. Removing tamper proof violations is a code violation that an inspector might hit you on. Your little quote is about limiting the liability of the inspectors. They don’t have to, but they may.
To echo this, the home inspections I've read did include multiple issues that 'appeared to be' NEC violations. They also had a disclaimer that not all flaws had necessarily been identified, and that not everything identified was necessarily a code violation.
All of the inspections had boilerplate text about aluminum wiring. Most said that the construction date put it outside the period of concern. They usually included a statement that a cursory check had been made that branch wiring was copper.
Bottom line: home inspectors aren't required to check conformance with code, but they are expected to.