28 day notice for renting?

Question

What makes a document you sign when renting an apartment a "lease" or that it would bind you to the 28 day notice law in WI? I do not feel I have to give a 28 day notice because it was not stated in the document I signed. Here is what the document said.
1. No smoking
2. No basement use
3. No porch or grilling or extra use of the porch such as patio chairs
4. No dogs alllowed on premise
5. No children
6. No additional people other than tenant listed on lease are to live on premise.
7. Tenant are to take care of his/her garbage and containers.
8. Tenant are responsible for paying the gas and electric.
9. No parking in the driveway is permitted, except to unload vehicle.
10. No waterbeds.
11. nails and wall-ceiling hangers are to be put in only upon landlor permission.
12.One month's security deposit, which will equal one month's rent is required. The landlord will return security deposit after premises is vacated and if apartment is left in satisfactory condition determined by an insp.

Answer 1

Something mandated by law doesn't have to be stated in the lease to bind you.

Answer 2

If the agreement doesn't specify the notice period, state law will prevail. Most states mandate a 30 day notice. A few are as little as 15 and a couple are as high as 60 under certain circumstances.

As a general rule, a written agreement can extend the state notice period but not shorten it. That's not written in stone but is a safe assumption.

Answer 3

It doesn't have to be in the document since it's automatically required under Wisconsin law.

See

704.19 Notice necessary to terminate periodic tenancies and tenancies at will.

Subsection:

(3) Length of notice. At least 28 days' notice must be given except in the following cases: If rent is payable on a basis less than monthly, notice at least equal to the rent-paying period is sufficient; all agricultural tenancies from year-to-year require at least 90 days' notice.