I. – Subject to the provisions of Articles 1403 and 1404, all property, whether built or unbuilt, must be taxed in the name of the current owner.
II. – When a property is encumbered by usufruct or leased either by emphyteutic lease, or by construction lease, or by joint and several real estate lease, or by rehabilitation lease or is the subject of an authorisation for temporary occupation of the public domain constituting a real right, the property tax is established in the name of the usufructuary, the emphyteutic lessee, the lessee of the construction or rehabilitation lease, the lessee of the joint and several real estate lease or the holder of the authorisation.
III. – In the co-ownership property companies referred to in article 1655 ter, the property tax is established in the name of each of the members of the company for the share to which they are entitled in the company buildings.
IV. – Where a property has been transferred pursuant to a trust agreement, the property tax is established in the name of the trustee.
V. – The Office National des Forêts is liable for the property tax relating to the woods and forests referred to in Article L. 221-2 of the Forestry Code.