The present invention provides an apparatus for monitoring a state, in particular of a fuse (4), having: a first state storage device (11) for storing a state, in particular of a fuse (4); a second state storage device (12) for storing the state of the first state storage device (11); and a logic device (9) for comparing the states of the two state stores (11, 12); the first state store (11) being able to be driven for renewed reading in of the state, in particular of the fuse (4), in the event of a noncorrespondence of the states in the two stores (11, 12). The present invention likewise provides a method for monitoring a state, in particular of a fuse.