Only on rare occasions, either for promotional purposes or as a donation/community service (and occasionally for friends and family). Also, I've done a freebie for the occasional 'something else' on a personal document for a borrower, but only when I was already well paid for the assignment that brought me there.
I should probably also add that in that situation I've learned to be careful to not commit until the signing is complete. Then I can consider my schedule and get a good look at the scope of work. People can pull out a form that isn't complete, or that 'something else' can turn out to be multiple signatures or something that takes lots of time (including a whole seller package once...), in which case I might charge just the usual per-signature fee. Depends.
One other specific incident many years ago sticks in my mind. I was hired to be available, just in case, at a local evening fundraiser for Syrians who'd managed to survive the brutal massacres by Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons, etc. against his own people. [I don't remember details, and this isn't JP, so I'll leave it there.] There were various tables set up around a conference-style set-up with stuff for sale and whatever other fundraising options organizers could pull together, plus various speakers talking about the situation and the need. One table had someone with a laptop looking up potential unclaimed funds from the state, which attendees could then donate to the cause. That required a form that needed to be notarized. I don't remember if I ever notarized anything or what fee was agreed to, but I do remember quietly stuffing whatever I was paid into a donation jar before I left.
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