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If you wrote the check, the only way to guarantee that you will not be liable for it longer than six months is to place a stop payment order on it. According to Bankrate.com, an oral stop-payment order expires after 14 days and a written stop-payment order expires in six months.
As Ms. Wilson posted, generally commercial and government checks specifically state how long they are valid. For example, I have seen quite a number of checks issued by the federal government with the statement Valid for 20 years from the date of the check.