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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.
In your case, placing a hold for 2 weeks. That's the longest they are legally able to place a hold, so they almost always exercise that right. On the paying bank side, even though the check has cleared their account they still have up to 40 days to claim an expedited recredit (12 U.S. Code Â§ 5006). The 40 days begins from when the monthly statement is mailed to the account holder or the paid check it made available to the account holder.